Dhaka WASA must address drinking water problems in Badda
RESIDENTS of Dhaka City’s Badda and Shahjadpur areas have not been getting supply water for the last three months, though pandemic safety guidelines mandate frequent...
Editorial
When Grants and Deals Mean Taking More Foreign Loans
Javed Hosein : Last week, World Bank and Bangladesh Government signed a deal through which the country assumed additional USD 250 Million in loans (termed...
Zakat & Sadaqah
Wares Ali Khan :We are undergoing unprecedented circumstances and woeful setbacks because of the ongoing pandemic. Life and livelihood have been shrunk tremendously. People from...
Readers’ Voice
Hygiene rules ignored Though rate of Covid-19 infection is rising again in this second wave, but people are still ignoring the prescribed hygiene rules. The...
Duty To Neighbour As Islam Guides
Ameer Hamzah :Islam is not a sum total of worship. It has socio-politic-economic doctrine aiming at end of exploitation of a man by another and...
Sexual Violence in S Asia Justice Still Elusive For Victims
Alison Kentish :Gaps in laws, illegal out-of-court settlements, rape survivor intimidation and law enforcement failure to adequately respond to sexual violence reports are hindering women...
First defence against sea storms, coastal embankment maintenance is urgent
Work on protecting coastal people’s lives and livelihoods with strong embankments and afforestation goes slow due to funding and policy constraints. Some 5,700 kilometres of...
Readers’ Voice
Sanctity Of Liberation War Sites Except few noticeable months, we naturally forget to protect the sanctity of Liberation war sites in other months. People from...
Social Distancing Barriers In Bangladesh
Dr. Matiur Rahman & Shishir Reza :The Corona pandemic has turned the world upside-down. Its impact on the socio-economic structure of every country in the...
World In 2050 Nations Need To Plan For A Better One
Sara Al-Mulla :Humanity will be close to a momentous milestone by the year 2050, as the global population is expected to near 10 billion, according...
More people falling under the poverty trap is a worrying sign to be addressed
COVID-19 is relegating more people to poverty. The number of new poor in Bangladesh stood at 24.5 million, or 14.7% of the total population, in...
He acted with cruelty unbecoming of a police officer so he is on trial as a person not as police officer
The fate of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, is now in the hands of jurors, who began deliberations...